Humans threaten health of San Pedro River

Water swirls and gurgles at the foot of a towering cottonwood, its reflective leaves shimmering in the wind. The thirsty trees line the banks of the San Pedro River, which flows undammed from its headwaters in northern Mexico to its confluence with the Gila River near Winkelman, Arizona. Shallow and serene for most of the…

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American Indians fight against Type II diabetes

More than 50 percent of Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation adults have Type II diabetes, the highest rates in the world since 1990. Several studies indicate that the primary cause of diabetes in American Indians is due to the rapid change from the traditional farming and harvesting of food to a more mainstream diet that includes…

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